| 1 | I do not understand what you mean in the desert, as we have here, China's largest desert. Taklimakan Desert. | |
| 2 | The southern route followed the fringes of the Takla Makan to eventually end up at the same destination. | |
| 3 | A thick tan dust blanketed China's Taklimakan desert on 5 September, 2010. | |
| 4 | The northwest also has high plateaus with more arid desert landscapes such as the Takla-Makan and the Gobi Desert, which has been expanding. | |
| 5 | After 13 days, the plume of dust passed back over the Taklamakan desert, having completed a full circuit of the globe. |